Australia Catches Up with the Asian Century

When the news alert went around last month for the launch of the Gillard government's new white paper, it sparked more than a bit of grumbling. The prime minister, Julia Gillard, had decided to release her blueprint for Asia on a Sunday. At a foreign policy thinktank in Sydney, Gillard unveiled Australia in the Asian Century, 320 pages described as a "roadmap showing how Australia can be a winner in the Asian century". "It's not enough to rely on luck," she said.